Conservation status and historical relatedness of Italian cattle breeds
- Mastrangelo, Salvatore
- Ciani, Elena
- Ajmone Marsan, Paolo
- Bagnato, Alessandro
- Battaglini, Luca
- Bozzi, Riccardo
- Carta, Antonello
- Catillo, Gennaro
- Cassandro, Martino
- Casu, Sara
- Ciampolini, Roberta
- Crepaldi, Paola
- D'Andrea, Mariasilvia
- Di Gerlando, Rosalia
- Fontanesi, Luca
- Longeri, Maria
- Macciotta, Nicolò P
- Mantovani, Roberto
- Marletta, Donata
- Matassino, Donato
- Mele, Marcello
- Pagnacco, Giulio
- Pieramati, Camillo
- Portolano, Baldassare
- Sarti, Francesca M
- Tolone, Marco
- Pilla, Fabio
Publication date
January 2018
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC Language
EnglishAbstract
In the last 50 years, the diversity of cattle breeds has experienced a severe contraction. However, in spite of the growing diffusion of cosmopolite specialized breeds, several local cattle breeds are still farmed in Italy. Genetic characterization of breeds represents an essential step to guide decisions in the management of farm animal genetic resources. The aim of this work was to provide a high-resolution representation of the genome-wide diversity and population structure of Italian local cattle breeds using a medium-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array
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